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Risk of death from U.S. natural disasters reported
by William Atkins   
U.S. geographers researched patterns of mortality (death) within the United States. High profile disasters such as Hurricane Katrina aren’t the deadliest. Overall, risk is highest for extreme cold and hot temperatures.

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Astrophysicists see dark energy slowing universe
by William Atkins   
For the first time, astronomers have seen through the eyes of the NASA Chandra space telescope what is being called “arrested development” of the universe (slowing of the expansion of the universe), which is caused specifically by the effects of dark energy.

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Obama and McCain prove critical open source argument true
by David M Williams   
One of the most repeated examples cited to promote open source philosophy is that of an electronic voting system. If this process is not understood or transparent then its results cannot be trusted. The strength of this argument has gone up a hundredfold with the discovery that Diebold counting software has been missing ballots for four years.

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Windows crushing Linux in netbook market: Acer
by Stan Beer   
Contrary to some recent reports, senior managers at Acer and other leading vendors have confirmed that Microsoft Windows XP now dominates the emerging sub-notebook market with more than 90% of new sales. Meanwhile, Linux, which had the netbooks market to itself until April this year, has seen its share of the space eroded to less than 10% in a breath-taking decline.

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Apple netbook tipped for Macworld introduction
by Stephen Withers   
A fresh round of speculation about the possibility of an Apple netbook has been triggered by an analyst's "triangulation." Is there a way Apple can market a device that can take on existing netbooks without cannibalising its MacBook sales, that lives up to the company's reputation for design, and still make money on the deal?

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F.E.A.R 2 Banning successfully appealed
by Mike Bantick   
Originally banned for high level violence that exceeds the MA 15 + classification, it now looks as if F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin will hit shelves after all.

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AFACT issues brief update on iiNet court proceedings
by Alex Zaharov-Reutt   
AFACT has issued the press a short statement including a Word .doc transcript “from today’s directions hearing on the iinet case regarding internet piracy of films and TV shows today.”
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3G standards body gives the green light to 100Mbps data standard
by Stuart Corner   
Prospects for 3G cellular networks delivering data at tens of megabits per second improved significantly this week when the global 3G standards body, 3GPP agreed to include specifications for long term evolution (the standard for data over cellular beyond the HSPA deployed in networks today) in the upcoming release 8 of the 3GPP standard.

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